1988

26041 managed a couple of diagrams on the Sou’West; 1B29 was a reasonably good bet for a Class 26… and if you hung around Perth station long enough, you could have had 26s to Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.
06/01/88
26040 3P14 1709 WO Carlisle to Preston vans.

22/04/88
26037
1M18 0600 Glasgow to Euston; from Gretna Junction to Carlisle. This train arrived at Carlisle at 0945 with 26037 hauling 37516, 87020 (minus its pantograph) and the coaches… The 87 had lost the panto and come to a halt at Gretna; the T had failed rescuing it at Gretna, so the 26 saved the day. It then took the rewiring train to Gretna and stayed on site.

27/07/88
26001
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley. The diagram for the 1B29 engine was (usually): light engine from Millerhill to Craigentinny, arrive 1700. Pick up ECS to form three trains (1 van for 1C85 1844 Waverley to Carstairs; remainder on 1E17 to King’s Cross and 2220 TPOs to Carstairs). Work 1C85 to Carstairs, return on 1B29.

22/08/88
26002+26024
1M47 1744 Waverley to Carstairs and 1B25 1844 Carstairs to Waverley. 47500 had blown up, so the first service train pair of the year produced. Because of a multi fault, they were driven in tandem.

26021
1B36 1815 Inverness to Waverley; from Perth to Waverley. 37097 was on the train, but the Edinburgh driver didn’t sign Ts. 47539 was failed, so 021 took over.

08/09/88
26002
Conflicting gen has 002 on either the 1B23 1820 Carstairs to Waverley or the 1858 Carstairs to Waverley.

26046
0845 Aberdeen to Plymouth; from Waverley to Carstairs. It then went back on… either the 1B23 1820 Carstairs to Waverley or the 1858 Carstairs to Waverley. You choose which 26 you’d have on which train…

09/09/88
26021
2B52 0706 Perth to Waverley.

26046
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.

12/09/88
26011
1135 Waverley to Inverness; from Dunblane to Perth. 47003 had failed at Dunblane; 011 took the train to Perth, where both locos came off… where 26035 took over solo:

26035
1135 Waverley to Inverness; from Perth to Inverness. Then 1815 Inverness to Waverley; from Inverness to Perth.

26031
1L37 1603 Queen Street to Arbroath. One version of the gen had the train being caped at Dundee; the other that it worked through and came out of Arbroath on the 1924. Take your pick…

13/09/88
26031
1J16 0655 Dundee to Waverley; from Dundee to Burntisland, where it failed. Some T rescued it.

26032
0845 Aberdeen to Plymouth; from Waverley to Carstairs.

26039
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.

14/09/88
26021
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley; piloted by a Duff as it had collapsed 15 yards up the platform at Carstairs.

15/09/88
26007
1B29 2216 Carstairs to Waverley.

26008
1135 Waverley to Inverness; from Waverley to Perth after 47017 was removed at Edinburgh. 47003 went forward.